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Book Review: Pacific Profiles, Volume 7 by Michael Claringbould
Book Review: Pacific Profiles, Vol. 7: Allied Transports: Douglas C-47 Series: South & Southwest Pacific 1942-1945, by Michael Claringbould


The Tragic Story of "Kimball Hill"
Marine Air Group 25 had been flying missions in support of the Guadalcanal Campaign for over a month when Maj. W. Frear Kimball,...


"P.K." Smith, MAG-25/SCAT's First Commanding Officer
Perry Kenneth “P.K.” Smith was born on December 7, 1902, and grew up in Elmira, New York. He enlisted in the Navy on May 2, 1919, having...


Naval Aviator George Roy Hill, VMR-152
MAG-25’s roster contained people with a wide variety of talents and backgrounds. One veteran, whose biographical accounts are not so much...


Lt. Richard M. Nixon and SCAT
Lt. Richard M. Nixon (standing, second from left) and the SCAT Detachment on Bougainville, ca. February 1944. (National Archives)...
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